Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1918 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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[?]SPOSK OF ALABAMA LANDS

M. I. Adams & Son Sell Plantation Near Demopolis. . Mr. and Mrs. M. I. Adams, accompanied by Auctioneer Fred Phillips, will leave today for Demopolis, Alabama, where Mr. Phillips will cry the auction sale Monday of Mr. Adams’ and son Ray’s personal property, they having sold their land purchased there a few years ago and are selling off their $6,000 to SB,OOO worth of personal property. Mr. Adams & Son owned 520 acres there, and the former is not quite clear at this writing whether Ray eold the entire tract or only 360 acres. The price received is $69 per acre, net, cash, or $34 per acre more than they paid for the land in the fall of 1912.. They had improved the land considerably, however. It is understood that Ray will remain there this year at least as foreman of a plantation, but what he will do later is not known at this writing. It is reported that Sam Sparling, also formerly of Rensselaer, who went to the same place at about the same time the Adams’ bought their land and paid about the same price, has had several chances to dispose of his plantation at about double the price he paid.

OWNERS OF JASPER CO. BANKS

And the Cash Value of Share's As Given In for Taxation. The Democrat presents herewith a list *of owners of the five banks in Jasper county, together with the amount of stock held by each and the value of each share, as given in for taxation March 1, 1917. Except in the case of the Trust & Savings bank, which has undergone a reorganization since the above time, increasing its capital stock and adding a number of new stockholders, the list is virtually correct today. The true cash value of the stock off the Trust & Savings bank was given at $249 per share and in the reorganization, it is understood, the stockholders surrendered their old stock and were issued approximately two and onehalf times the amount in the new organization. x The stockholders all reside in Jasper county except as otherwise noted. FIRST NATIONAL BANK Capital, $60,000; surplus, $20,000; undivided profits, $27,460.93; dividend paid last year, 10 per cent; true cash value per share, $179.10; par value, SIOO. ,R. A. Parkison 20 Eva M. Rowles . . . 20 Wm. O. Rowles . . . . 11 Oren F. Parker .31 A. R. Kresler 30 J. D. Allman 30 Henry Amsler 20 F. M. Parker 20 Milton Roth ....... 10 Harold Roth . . . 1 W. L. Myer 10 Floyd Amsler 5 Joseph Nagel 5 Vernon Nowels 5 G. F. Meyers 5 Amos Davisson . .• 5 R. B. Harris 5 Clifford Parkison 20 John C. Kresler . 5 J. J. Eigelsbach r > T. M. Callahan 6 P. W. Clarke ....... 4 J. A. Dunlap 2 C. F. Stackhouse . 3 W. V. Porter 1 E. P. Lane *. 1 Geo. H. Healey 1 Iva Bill . .. 1 J. N. Leatherman 40 Geo. E. Murray 20 E. P. IHOnan 10

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WILL RETURN TO CAMP MONDAY

Liouton&nt Edward L. Watson, ■who ig home on a short furlough to see his wife and new son, will leave Monday on his return trip to Camp Shelby, Mississippi. “Ted” had a slight cold when be left Hattiesburg and the change to the weather we have been having here the past week has made it much worse, and he can scarcely speak now. He states that they have had considerable bad weather at Hattiesburg this 'winter but the past couple, of weeks has been very fine indeed. The Jasper county boys who are at Camp Shelby are all in fine con--dition, Lieutenant Watson says, and it Is probable that they will leave for France soon. Just when, of course, is not known and would not be made public if it was known. Try The Democrat’s Want Ad column. You will be most agreeably surprised by the results.

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From till Various Departments ♦ OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized —Together With Other Notes Gathered From the Several County Offices. Attorneys William Darroch and T. B. Cunningham of Kentland were here on court business Thursday and yesterday. Special Judge' Elmore Barce of Fowler, accompanied by Attorney A. D. Babcock of Goodland, came over via Ford Thursday to look aifter some motions that had been made by attorneys in the Ryan and Oliver ditches. The motions were overruled and an appeal taken by the remonstrators. The jury in the case of Joseph D. Law vs the New York Central railroad company, growing out of the terrible accident north of Morocco last August when three people were killed at a crossing near Enos in attempting to cross the railroad in their automobile, resulted in a verdict for the defendant in the Benton circuit court after the jury had been out eight hours. There are three other actions pending against the railroad company Kor damages growing out of this same accident, two of which are in the Jasper circuit court, having been brought here from Newton county on change of venue. Newton circuit court items of interest to Jasper county readers, taken from the Kentland Democrat as follows: Loretta McKee vs. Mark A. Hoag, for breach of promise, verdict for defendant; plaintiff filed motion for new trial. Jacob Ochs v s William Zimmerman, for slander; exceptions to judgment on verdict overruled; appeal taken to appellate court. O. Byron Blackburn vs. Ed Oliver, judgment for $12,065.29. Edwin E. Smith vs. Ed Oliver, judgment for $12,001.73. William E. Bell vs. Ed Oliver, judgment for $12,001.73. Taylor-Critchfield-Clague Co. vs. John A. Dunlap et al, continued for term. James M. Yeoman vs. Everett Halstead et al, judgment for sl,164.33. Attorney John Greve was down from Demotte on business Wednesday and dropped in at The Democrat office to replenish his stock of legal blanks. While Mr. Greve was born in Europe, in a section of territory that was then in Denmark but later became a part of the German Empire, he came to this country with his people in 1865 and his father took out his naturalization papers in 1869, before John was of age, but the latter, not knowing that his father had taken out naturalization papers, took out papers himself in Lake county in 1884, and he says that despite his foreign blood he is as loyal to the United States as any native born American citizen can be, and would be willing to shed every drop of his blood in the cause in which the United States is now at war. And while John is 68 years of age he could whip a half a segre of Germans yet if given half a chance.

The local examining board resumed the examination of conscripted registrants Wednesday and completed the work Thursday except for some whose claims for exemption had not been returned from the district board at Laporte. The following are the names of those examined and all were placed in class 1, which means certified for military service, except where otherwise noted. Several of those whose names appear in the list are registrants who were recalled under the new regulations: Ralph D. Wooden, John H. Nagel, James N. Woods, Harold A. Callender (disqualified), Walter L. Nagel, Junior Benjamin (disqualified), Platte Spade, William R. Gorter, Fred L. James, Sylvanus J. Marquie, Davis Htenry Phelps, Henry Frey, George C. Mellender, Samuel H. Baxter (disqualified), Edward A. Goepp, Victor E. Michael, Orlan G. Snodgrass (disqualified), John W. Karch, Tom J. McGlinn, William H. McKinney, Oscar J. Turner, George J. Stalbaum, Henry Bunning, John

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY, 16, 1918

HAMILTON MAKES NO DENIAL

To Charge that He Owned An Interest In Coal Business. Although he has had ample time to deny the charge, if untrue, that he owned an interest in at least one of the local coal yards during the time he was spreading camouflage so Industriously around the retail business here through the columns of the Republican and was devoting much of his valuable time in the retail coal offices and giving “valuable help and advice’’——even though it may have been unsolicited—to the county fuel administrator, no denial of the charge has been made by the editor of The Republican. and the public can draw its owh conclusions as to why no denial has been made and therefore see where his interest in the matter lay. The fact is that he could make no denial and has kept discreetly silent on making a direct reply. However, The Democrats renews the challenge to him and asks that he make public denial if the charge is not true.

COOLER WEATHER ONCE MORE

The mercury took a drop to below the freezing point Thursday night and as The Democrat went to press Friday afternoon it stood at 24 above zero. The snow and ice had practically all disappeared except that there are yet some drifts on the country roads. The weather prophecy for today is “fair and colder.”

WILL LEAVE FOR FRANCE

Members of Great Brakes Band Notified of Early Departure. Word was received here yesterday that Don Wright and Don seam, members of the Great Lakes Naval band, had been selected to go to France with a company of musicians leaving next Tuesday. Don Wright has been here for several days and Don Beam was expected home last night for a farewell visit with relatives. It seems that only a portion of the Great Lakes band will go at this time, and it is not certain whether Thomas Padgitt and Harry Curlin. other members of the band from this city, will go now or later, but it is -thought they will not go now. Mr. Beam and Mr. Wright will probably return to Chicago this evening.

MRS. BOARDWELL DIES OF PNEUMONIA

Mrs. Daniel Boardwell, who has been suffering from pneumonia for the past two weeks, died at the county hospital Wednesday night. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Avis of this city, who with several brothers and sisters, a husband and one small son survive her. Funeral services by Rev. Asa McDaniel, were held at the Christian church yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock, and burial made in Weston cemetery.

NOTES FROM COUNTY HOSPITAL

Mrs. Charles Paxton is improving and was able to be taken to the home of C. W. Postill Wednesday. Mrs. Donnelly was able to return to her home Wednesday. Ellis Mathena is in quite a serious condition from pneumonia. Mrs. F. M. Lakin of Fair Oaks is receiving medical attention at the hospital. Riley Miller entered the hospital Wednesday for medical treatment.

Torberg, Frank Fritz, Watson Terpstra. Charles C. Cooper, Freddie J. Lange, Gerald Edson Murray (cert, for lim. service.), John I. Reed (cert, for lim. ser.), Albert J. Kerns, Vincent Quinn. Herbert C. Hammond, Ernest E. Linback, Leo Ross Myers, Elijah Cunningham, John W. Misch, Harry W. Cochran (cert, for lim. ser.), Ferdinand Bachman. Robert Kiersma, George William Bernhardt, Charles Boes, Harvey Austin, Victor A. Sigo, Charles Klaus, Carl Bowman, Max J. Schultz. Charles C. Wood (disqualified), Bernard J. . Nagel, Clarence V. Sayers. Jacob Tnt Veit, Floyd Meyers, Ernest Garriott, Albert Van Weinen. Michael J. Wagner, Ernest Ray Parks (cert, for lim. ser.), Louis A- Miller, William Alfring (eert. for lim. ser.), John A. Switzer, Homer Fisher, Elmer Milton (disqualified), Harvey E. Roadifer, Charles H. Britton. Rugsell K. Timmons (transferred for exam, to Bastrop, La., and passed there), Carl J. Worden. Alonzo D. Norris, Clifford C. Hamilton; Charles S. Woosley, Leo R. Zellers, Lloyd S. Parks, Don Sutton, Alfred E. Murray, Otto J. Makus, Melvin ,H. Burns, Ray E. Flores.

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. INDIANA IS NOT INCLUDED. Indianapolis, Feb. 14. —"Movement of February 23 does not apply to Indiana,” is the wording of a telegram received by Major Robert C. Baltell, state conscription agent, today, from Provost Marshal General Crowder. This is the first definite information received regarding the movement of the remaining Indiana men of the first draft since Washington dispatches announced that the remaining 35 per cent of the first draft would go to camp February 23. Major Baltell said that no order had been received to discontinue the physical examinations.

K. OF P’S. WILL CELEBRATE

The local order of the Knights of Pythias will celebrate the fiftyfourth anniversary of their order at the lodge hall next Tuesday evening, February 19. Refreshments will be served and an enjoyable evening is being planned by the committee. Every member of the local order and visiting K. of P’s. are urged to attend.

OBITUARY OF MARY MATHENA

Mary E. Dalton was born June 22, 1840, and departed this life February 10, 1918, aged seventyseven years, eight months and eighteen days. She was united in marriage to Thomas Mathena February 12, 1863. To tkis union was born two daughters, Mrs. Lewis Muster of this city and Lizzie, who died when nine year old, and five sons, Ellis, Elmer and Earl of this city, James of Cherokee, lowa, and William, who died at Che age of one year. She held to the faibh of the Quaker church, of which faith her father and mother gave her the quiet and spiritual truths of that grand old denomination. She had been a sufferer for many months but bore her afflictions with patience. She was a good mother 'and she will be greatly missed by those who loved her. Besides her brothers and sisters she leaves two grandchildren, Mrs. Leota Daniels and Emmett Muster, and many friends to mourn her loss. So ends the life chapter of another who had lived with us in this life. xx

CARD OF THANKS

The family of William Traub desire to express their thanks and appreciation for the sympathy and many kindnesses shown them in their sorrow by the neighbors and loving friends of Rensselaer and community.

CARD OF THANKS

We desire to extend our most heartfelt thanks to our relatives, .friends and neighbors for their many acts of kindness during the sickness and death of our beloved baby, also for the many beautiful floral offerings.—Mß. AND MRS. ARNOLD LUERS.

CARD OF THANKS

We desire to extend our sincere thanks to the friends and neighbors for their kindness and sympathy extended during the illness and a/fter the death of our dear mother, Mary E. Mathena.—THE CHILDREN.

FANCY PRODUCE MARKET.

February Ip.—Get the top price. Bring us your produce. We are paying today the following prices: Eggs, 45c; old roosters, 12c; ducks and geese, 17c; turkeys, 18c to 23c; butterfat, 50c. We cannot buy hens or pullets pwing to government regulations. Our place of business will be open on Mondays.—C. E. PRIOR.

LATE BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS February 14, to Mr. and Mrs. Everett Halstead of Newton township, a daughter.

FUTURE PUBLIC SALE DATES The Democrat has sprinted bills for the following public sales: Tuesday, February 19, E. L. & C. A. Fidler, executors’ sale, miles east of Rensselaer, on Pleasant Ridge road. General sale, Including 7 horses, 43 head of cattle, hogs, , chickens, stack of straw, farm implements, etc. Thursday, February 21, Norval Osburn, 4 miles east and 1 mile north of Moody. General sale, Including 8 horses, 35 head of cattle, hogs, farm tools, etc. Friday, February 22, Otha Spriggs, 3 miles west of Gifford. General sale, including horses, cattle, hogs, chickens, geese, implements, 75 bushels of seed oats, some corn In crib, etc. Saturday, February 23, K. ZillHart, 5 miles north and 2 miles east of Rensselaer. General sale, Including horses, cattle, 200 chickens, Studebaker automobile, farm tools, some household goods, hay, potatoes, etc. Thursday, February 28, J. W. Phares and N. Selby, on the H. O. Harris farm, 6 miles west of Rensselaer. Big general sale, Including 19 horses and colts, 25 head of cattle, 35 head of hogs, a large number of farm Lmiplements, ! hay» grain, etc. Saturday, March 2, Parmer Wiseman, on the Clay Harris ranch, 4 miles west and 1% miles north of Fair Oaks. Postponed from February 12 on hccount of bad weather. General sale, consisting of 26 head of cattle, 39 head of shoats, seed corn, timothy hay, chickens, implements, some household goods, etc.

WILL GO BEFORE FARMERS

To Demonstrate Seed Testing on Washington’s Birthday, Feb. 22. ■ s At I o’clock at practically every school house in the county, a member of the Jasper County Seed Stocks and Labor committee will give a demonstration of the need and methods of conducting the individual ear test of seed corn. The committee reached this decision as a result of the seed survey just completed. This work showed the memJiers the great seed shortage that the county faces and taught them that many farmers still think they have suitable seed for planting, when about 50 or 60 per cent of the corn stored for seed will not grow. The members are giving their own corn the individual ear test. On Washington’s birthday they will take their test boxes to the place assigned them. The men to their district will be invited in and be shown exactly what the conditions are. This work will be held at the following places: CARPENTER TOWNSHIP John Teter.School house. Dis. No. I Chas. Dlueak 2 Claud. May . • • • 3 George Putt • 4 Charles Welch 5 Charles Meadel 6 Lewis Hunt 7 Earl Taylor 8 John Roberts 3 Howard Jones .....10 Dudley Tyler 11 John Farrell 12 MARION P. H. Hau ter Consolidated Silas Toombs ............. .Union Joseph Truelly Putt School Henry Paulus Bell Center Chas. Schleman Bowling Green NEWTON Oscar Weiss Powers Hugh Yeoman Curtis Creek Arthur Watson Bluegrass E. P. Lane Brown Marion Freeland Saylor Erhardt Weurthner Surrey WHEATFIELD S.. D. Clark ' Finney R. H. Morehouse ........... .River Andrew Grube Grube KANKAKEE R. E. Davis Tefft School (HANGING GROVE Rollin Stewart Fair View W. H. Smith ......... Osborne Chas Erb Banta S. E. Cook McCoysburg George Parker Parker School UNION Amos Alter Rosebud W. H. Pullins Aix Joseph Kosta Fair Oaks R. L. Budd Moffitt Charles Lakin .Parr Ernest Comer ............. Schultz H. J. Dexter Virgie KEENER ■C. P. Chenoweth . . .... . . .Demotte A. Moolenaar ..........'.Gleason

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DEMOTTE BRANCH AMERICAN RED CROSS

There will be st meeting at the M. E. church, Friday evening, February 22, 1918, for the purpose of organizing a branch of the Jasper County Chapter of the American Red Cross. All members of the Red Cross residing in Keener township and those interested in becoming members are 'urgently requested to be present.

BOLD PASHA TO DIE FOR TREASON

Convicted of Conspiring With Germans for Defeat of France GIVE VERDICT IN 15 MINUTES Prosecutor Case by Saying France W Escaped the Gravest Danger Since the Marne. Paris, Feb. 15.—8010 Pasha was sen-i fenced to death for treason. The court-martial which condemned 8010 to death deliberated for only 15' minutes. Darius Porchere, an accountant, who was a codefendant, was sentenced] to three years’ Imprisonment. Filippo Cavallluie, another codefend-1 ant, who Is under.arrest In Italy, was] sentenced to death, although he is not within the court’s Jurisdiction. Captain Mflrnet, prosecutor, frequently punctuated his argument with the emphatic request, “I deipund a sentence of death." Intrigue Over Two Worlds. 8010 Pasha’s personality puled Into insignificance as Captain Mornet unraveled the tangled German intrigue Involving prominent personages In many countries and extending over two worlds. Captain Mornet dealt at length with the question of Bolo’s use of German money he is alleged to have received. He maintained that Germany did not expect any Immediate results from the purchase of Le Journal, but had an eye to th? far future, even perhaps after the war. “This Is only one instance of treason In France,” said M. Mornet. “This! Is merely the first chapter. Other chapters will follow.” The evidence from the United States appeared to be the strongest card of I the prosecutor, and on It he dwelt at! length. Defends U. 6. Evidence. He rebuked Mgr. 8010, brother of the| accused man, for suggesting that the American evidence was manufactured and false. After saying that France had es-i caped the gravest danger since the| Marne, Captain Mornet closed as fol-i lows: “The eyes of our allies are on us. Ini the eyes of France we are judging ai man who attempted to do In Franco i what has been accomplished In Russia. We must show ho weakness. The world Is fighting for Its liberty. “In times of peace I have stood here; many times asking the death penalty! for a miserable Individual guilty of| murder, and it was not without a ; twinge of regret. But today, without pity or mercy, but with a sense of stern duty to my country and dur al- 1 Iles, I ask for death.” Through Bernstorflf $1,700,000 was sent from Berlin to America and by devious ways was sent to Paris, there to be used by 8010 in promoting the German peace propaganda.

AUSTRIAN RULER SEES PEACE

Regards Ukrainian Treaty as Harbinger of End of War. Amsterdam, Feb. 15.—The Austrian emperor has issued at Vienna a manifesto, saying: "To My People: Thanks to God’s gracious aid, we have concluded peace with Ukralnia. Our victorious arm» and the sincere peace policy which we pursued with indefatigable perseverance have shown the first fruit of a defensive war waged for our preservation. “In common with my hard-tried peoples, I trust that after the first conclusion of peace, which Is so gratify-, Ing an event for us, a general peace soon will be granted suffering humanity. “May the Almighty bless us further with strength and endurance, that not only for ourselves and our faithful allies but also for entire humanity we may attain a final peace.”

NORWAY AGAINST U. S. PLAN

Economic Life Needs Some Trade Relations With Foe. Washington, Feb. 15—Norway in her reply to the proposals of the United States for a food rationing agreement, made public here by Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, head of the Norwegian special mession, offers to guarantee that no American products shall go through Norway to Germany, but declines to meet the full American demands for a restricted export of Norwegian products to the central powers. The statement says Norway’s economic life demands some trade relations with the central" powers. The war trade board declined to state how far the Norwegian counter-proposals are acceptable, but said the negotiations would be continued.

Sale bills printed while you Vaff at The Democrat office.

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